James Stewart

Who was James Stewart?

James Charles Stewart was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, he received a primary education after which he worked as a farm and railway worker. In 1888 he migrated to Australia, where he became involved in the unions movement. He edited the People's Newspaper in Rockhampton in Queensland, and sat on Rockhampton Council. In 1896, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for North Rockhampton. In 1901, he left the Assembly to successfully contest the Australian Senate as a Labour candidate for Queensland. He remained in the Senate until his defeat in 1917. Stewart died in 1931.